Worth Quoting – John Davenant on Predestination

1. Predestination is an eternal decree and purpose of God, in time causing effectual grace in all those whom he hath chosen, and by this effectual grace bringing them infallibly unto glory.
2. Predestination being an imminent and eternal act of Divine understanding and will, cannot be conceived of as dependent on any foreseen temporal [...]

Worth Quoting – Jacobus Kimedoncius on Christ Died for All Men

“At this day we are slandered of Malicious men of a new crime that is feigned against us, as though we should deny that Christ died for all men. An impudent reproach.”
Jacobus Kimedoncius (A.D. 1550-1596)

Worth Quoting – James Montgomery Boice on Common Grace

“If you are not a follower of Jesus Christ, you are in the same position as Joseph’s brothers at this point in the story (see Genesis 43:15-34). You have sinned against your elder brother, the Lord Jesus Christ, by denying his claims and refusing his proper lordship over your life. He has used means to [...]

Worth Quoting – John Davenant on God’s Love to Mankind

“The general love of God towards mankind is so clearly testified in holy scripture, and so demonstrated by the manifold effects of God’s goodness and mercy extended to every particular man in this world, that to doubt thereof is infidelity, and to deny it plain blasphemy.”
John Davenant (A.D. 1572-1641)

Worth Quoting – Peter Martyr Vermigli on Communion With Christ

But while I write to you like this about N. N., something else occurs to me about which there is reason enough urging me to write you, both by way of inquiry and also to state my own opinion. As I do this with all freedom, so will it be up to you whenever you [...]

Worth Quoting – John Calvin on the relationship between Justification and Sanctification

We dream not of a faith which is devoid of good works, nor of a justification which can exist without them: the only difference is, that while we acknowledge that faith and works are necessarily connected, we, however, place justification in faith, not in works. How this is done is easily explained, if we turn [...]

Worth Quoting – John Calvin on the use of the term “Merit”

First, I must premise with regard to the term Merit, that he, whoever he was, that first applied it to human works, viewed in reference to the divine tribunal, consulted very ill for the purity of the faith. I willingly abstain from disputes about words, but I could wish that Christian writers had always observed [...]

Worth Quoting – Ignatius’ Exhortation to Steadfastness and Unity

Stand fast, brethren, in the faith of Jesus Christ, and in His love, in His passion, and in His resurrection. Do ye all come together in common, and individually, through grace, in one faith of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ His only-begotten Son, and “the first-born of every creature,” but of the seed [...]

Worth Quoting – Ignatius on the Importance of Corporate Worship

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when ye assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith. Nothing is more precious than peace, by [...]

Worth Quoting – Tony Byrne on the Indiscriminate Offer of the Gospel

We are to evangelize because it is God’s will that all obey or comply with the gospel commandments. It is the knowledge of God’s revealed will that should drive our evangelistic endeavors, not our ignorance of His secret will. Our missionary activity should be a way of conforming ourselves to the very heart of God’s [...]